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| 2 | Sun xVM VirtualBox for OpenSolaris (TM) Operating System
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| 3 | --------------------------------------------------------
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| 5 | Upgrading:
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| 6 | ----------
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| 7 |
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| 8 | If you have an existing VirtualBox installation and you are upgrading to a newer version of
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| 9 | VirtualBox, please uninstall the previous version completely before installing a newer one.
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| 11 | You should uninstall BOTH the VirtualBox base package as well as the VirtualBox kernel
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| 12 | interface package before installing the new ones.
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| 14 | Please refer to the "Uninstallation" section at the end of this document for the details.
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| 16 |
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| 17 | Installing:
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| 18 | -----------
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| 19 |
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| 20 | * Important Note:
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| 21 | You must boot OpenSolaris in the same instruction set as the VirtualBox install package.
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| 22 | This means if you are installing the 64-bit version of VirtualBox you MUST boot in
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| 23 | 64-bit mode. This is because the installer will setup the VirtualBox driver. Use the command
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| 24 | "isainfo -k" to check what instruction set is currently being used. If the output is "amd64"
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| 25 | you have booted in 64-bit mode, otherwise it is 32-bit.
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| 26 |
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| 27 | After extracting the contents of the tar.gz file perform the following steps:
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| 29 | 1. Login as root using the "su" command.
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| 30 |
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| 31 | 2. Install the packages (in this order):
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| 32 | Newer versions of OpenSolaris may contain a vbi module. If your version does NOT have the
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| 33 | vbi module already installed (check for existence of /platform/i86pc/kernel/misc/vbi)
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| 34 | then run:
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| 36 | pkgadd -G -d VirtualBoxKern-@VBOX_VERSION_STRING@-SunOS-r@VBOX_SVN_REV@.pkg
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| 37 |
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| 38 | To perform an unattended (non-interactive) installation of this package add
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| 39 | "-n -a autoresponse SUNWvboxkern" (without quotes) to the end of the above pkgadd command.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | Once the vbi module is installed run:
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| 43 | pkgadd -d VirtualBox-@VBOX_VERSION_STRING@-SunOS-@BUILD_TARGET_ARCH@-r@VBOX_SVN_REV@.pkg
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| 44 |
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| 45 | To perform an unattended (non-interactive) installation of this package add
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| 46 | "-n -a autoresponse SUNWvbox" (without quotes) to the end of the above pkgadd command.
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| 47 |
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| 48 | 3. For each package the installer would ask you to "Select package(s) you wish to process"
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| 49 | For this type "1" or "all".
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| 50 |
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| 51 | 4. Then type "y" when asked about continuing with the installation.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | Now all the necessary files would be installed on your system. Start VirtualBox by typing
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| 54 | VirtualBox from the terminal.
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| 57 | Uninstalling:
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| 58 | -------------
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| 59 |
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| 60 | To remove VirtualBox from your system perform the following steps:
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| 62 | 1. Login as root using the "su" command.
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| 64 | 2. Run the command:
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| 65 | pkgrm SUNWvbox
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| 66 |
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| 67 | To remove the VirtualBox kernel interface module run the command:
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| 68 | pkgrm SUNWvboxkern
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